From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Nov 12 06:09:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA10372 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 12 Nov 1998 06:09:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from animaniacs.itribe.net (gatekeeper.itribe.net [209.49.144.254]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id GAA10364 for ; Thu, 12 Nov 1998 06:09:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jamie@itribe.net) Received: from localhost (jamie@localhost) by animaniacs.itribe.net (950413.SGI.8.6.12/950213.SGI.AUTOCF) via SMTP id IAA04580; Thu, 12 Nov 1998 08:56:54 -0500 Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 08:56:54 -0500 (EST) From: Jamie Bowden To: Luigi Rizzo cc: nick.hibma@jrc.it, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, usb-bsd@makelist.com Subject: Re: update on USB stack/call for help In-Reply-To: <199811121026.LAA09449@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 12 Nov 1998, Luigi Rizzo wrote: > > The porting of the NetBSD USB stack to FreeBSD is progressing. We are at > > the point were actual device drivers are to be tested/implemented. The > > (working) beginnings of the following are there: > ... > > Anyone wanting to get his hands dirty could have a look at the following > > parts: > > one thing that would really need work is SCANNER support. > > Currently in FreeBSD we have support for the following: > + SCSI through the generic interface; > + some handheld scanners through specific device drivers (gsc,asc) > but the vast majority of flatbed scanners out there are parallel-port > and now slowly moving to USB. For the former, there is no standard that > i am aware of, and manufacturers are collaborative as usual... > > I just hope that USB will also bring together a standardized way to > access devices so we don't have to get crazy with proprietary command > sequences (I am not so optimistic, the only area where I have seen this > happening is SCSI & ATAPI storage devices...) I bought an HP 6200c about 2 months ago because it was the only scanner on the shelf with a scsi interface on it. It also happens to have a USB plug as well. Does this device have two different command sets on it, or is twain riding on top of USB? Jamie Bowden -- Systems Administrator, iTRiBE.net If we've got to fight over grep, sign me up. But boggle can go. -Ted Faber (on Hasbro's request for removal of /usr/games/boggle) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message